1971 G Germany Federal Republic 1 Pfennig Circulated Coin (379)

Description

1971 G Germany 1 Pfennig
Y#105 Circulated Coin
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1 Pfennig
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Features
Country
Germany - Federal Republic
Type
Standard circulation coin
Years
1950-2001
Value
1 Pfennig (0.01 DEM)
Currency
Deutsche Mark (1948-2001)
Composition
Copper clad steel
Weight
2 g
Diameter
16.5 mm
Thickness
1.38 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
12-31-2001
References
KM
# 105,
J
# 380,
Schön
# 103
Obverse
An oak seedling.
Different designs:
Type 1: 1950 DFGJ
Type 2: 1950 DG, 1966-1970 (slight change at leaves and stalks)
Type 3: 1971-1980 (thinner lettering and slight change at leaf stalks)
Type 4: 1980-1990 (thinner date)
1990 F to 1996: new design of leaf stalks every year
Lettering:
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
1950
Translation:
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
1950
Engraver:
Adolf Jäger
Reverse
Face value between two rye ears. Mintmark at top.
Mainly two different designs:
Type 1: 1950-1973 (short thick corns)
Type 2: 1971-1996 (long thin corns)
Lettering:
F
1
PFENNIG
Edge
Smooth. Copper plating partly stretched over steel core.
Comments
Mintmarks - A/Berlin D/Munich E/Muldenhütten(Dresden) F/Stuttgart G/Karlsruhe J/Hamburg
The
pfennig
(
German
;
pl
.
pfennigs
or
pfennige
or
penny
is a former
German
coin or note, which was official currency from the 9th century until the introduction of the
euro
in 2002. While a valuable coin during the Middle Ages, it lost its value through the years and was the minor coin of the
Mark
currencies in the
German Reich
,
West
and
East Germany
, and the
reunified
Germany
until the introduction of the euro. Pfennig was also the name of the subunit of the
Danzig mark
(1922–1923) and the
Danzig gulden
(1923–1939) in the
Free City of Danzig
(modern
Gdańsk
,
Poland
).
The pfennig is etymologically related to the English
penny
, the Swedish
penning
, which was also model for the Finnish
penni
(1860–2001), the
Polish fenig
(1917–1918), the Lithuanian word for money
pinigai
and the
pfenig (fening)
of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998–today). The etymology of all of these is not completely clear, but seems to rely on the way coins were minted during the Middle Ages: the base material were thin flat metal discs. The value was embossed from one side, creating a pan (
German
:
Pfanne
)-like coin. In some German countries (such as Prussia and Bavaria), coins had similar but different names, as pfenning, penning, pending, pfanding and penny. This was for better handling due to different currencies (of different states within the
Deutscher Bund
) used simultaneously.